Accused killer allegedly took selfie in victim’s glasses
A guy who allegedly posed for a selfie sporting the glasses of 1 of his murder victims is remaining held on $1 million bail.
Travis Lamar Birkley, 34, has been charged with 6 counts of felony murder as a final result of an armed robbery much more than four months immediately after 6 bodies had been found inside a northwest Milwaukee household, according to WISN.
Law enforcement discovered Charles Hardy, Caleb Jordan and Javoni Liddel useless from gunshot wounds to the head in the basement on Jan. 23 right after two gals upstairs informed them there have been “bodies down there,” in accordance to Birkley’s arrest affidavit.
For the duration of a sweep of the house, officers also found Donta Williams and his spouse Michelle useless upstairs and a sixth sufferer, Donald Smith, dead underneath a pile of outfits in the 2nd-ground bed room.
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Police discovered Birkley as a suspect primarily based on cell cell phone spots, but also on a selfie taken in what seems to be the basement, sporting what surface to be Donta Williams’ glasses.
A witness advised law enforcement that Birkley confessed to the murders, contacting it a “robbery gone undesirable,” in accordance to the arrest affidavit.
A choose established Birkley’s bail at $1 million Sunday. He is due back in court on June 15 for a preliminary listening to.
If convicted, Birkley faces up to 330 years in jail.